how do you drag that few songs into 45 minutes? when my band plays a gig, we make a set list of about 40-45 songs.

coming from tons of personal experience, if you are adding songs to that, i would add some more upbeat type stuff that people can dance to. maybe some ac/dc or zz top if you want to stay with the classic rock type stuff.

i have seen bands play gigs and sound amazing, but get a horrible crowd response, simply because they didnt play "fun" music for the crowd. on the other end, i have seen bands who could hardly play their instruments, and have the whole crowd think that they are great, because the songs they played had a good beat and got the crowd dancing and having fun.

when we put together our set list, we try to start with something easy, but sounds good. to get the crowd going a bit. we always try to end with our best stuff. if you have some songs that are slower, try to follow them up with something more up beat.

Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
and
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Them two songs combined can kill a man!

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another good older ac/dc tune that my band does is rock'n'roll damnation. really easy to play, no real solo to it, so you could probably pull it up really quick. we sped it up just a touch. it has a great dance vibe to it.

there are lots of reasons why they may not want to play their own stuff:
1. they probably dont have their own stuff
2. if they do, maybe it doesnt suit the crowd
3. where i am from, most bars won't hire you if you play originals, so it may be the same thing where they are.

I find it utterly amazing that anyone who likes classic rock enough to put together a set of songs from that era could hate Jethro Tull. One of the best butt-kicking live bands ever to hit the road, in my opinion. Have you ever actually heard Locomotive Breath?

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never heard of dust in the wind

Great song, and a monster hit in the mid-70s. But if Sunshine of Your Love is too slow for you, you can go ahead and dismiss Dust in the Wind out of hand.

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brown sugar we would definately do if we had two guitarists

I never found one guitar to be a limitation with this song. But then again, in those days I was playing in bar bands and the drinking, throbbing crowd was only interested in dancing and getting the other sex home and into bed with them. The subtleties of a two-guitar rendition of Brown Sugar would have been lost on them, no doubt.

I hate to be counter productive and all but... how did Franz Ferdinand get into your set list of classic rock??? If you are going to thrown that in then why not play one or two other modern songs...???
The Artic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor

Say 3 minutes a song, plus noodling around and talking the the audience inbetween songs, comes to about 40-45 minutes.

Our band does a lot of those songs, but I'll let you have our setlist

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I hate to be counter productive and all but... how did Franz Ferdinand get into your set list of classic rock??? If you are going to thrown that in then why not play one or two other modern songs...???
The Artic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor

123. Great song

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uh you don't play classic rock. Only like 2 songs were classic rock. But if you want try zeppelin sabbath van halen all them bands man i think you already know the bands you like.

there are lots of reasons why they may not want to play their own stuff:
1. they probably dont have their own stuff
2. if they do, maybe it doesnt suit the crowd
3. where i am from, most bars won't hire you if you play originals, so it may be the same thing where they are.

about #3 - ye, that makes since.

about #2 - there are different places for different crowds. you can always find a
fit crowd to play to.

about #1 - i dunno about others, but i feel really like a stupid poser playing other
people's music.